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Verbs. 
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54. The following are samples of the conjugations of certain verbs. 
Each was taken down separately from the men employed, after a number 
of sentences had been worked out, showing the use of each Tense 
Infinitive, esth, to be. 
Indicative. 
Present. 
Singular. Plural. 
1. adzum * assum') 
r 1. azumish. 
azzum. ) 
2. azzish, oshishA 
assi , oshl,\ 2. azar. 
ashl. y 
3. asse, assid, assd,\ 3. hostk, aisjkt, 
ass , azs, ezd, 
asht J 
a%. 
azzdj assett ess, I ista, assel, 
essd, ai, asel. J etasal, asth. 
After an adjective, the 3rd 
person singular or plural is often 
wai } d, or zd ; as, zor wai, are strong ; 
sjpahi digar d, soldiers are bad; cho 
manchizd, how many men are there ? 
“ Is not ” is often rendered n'ai, 
“ This is it,” Inaz. 
Imperfect. 
* * 
Singular. Plural. 
1. azzum, assum. azzumish. 
2. azzush. azar. 
azzz ) or azam ■ 
3. azzi, essz, ivds. 
me. %. 
n'aisi is commonly used for 
“ was not.” 
Imperative, 
oshf be thou. 
Conditional. 
Singular. 
1. ashimbd. 
2. ashlbd. 
3. azhibd. 
Plural . 
azumishbd. 
az^rba. 
azzaba .' 
* Compare the Sanskrit of this tense asmi, asi, o.sti, smas, stha, santi. 
